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Crona, Maka, and Tsubaki had been serving people their drinks or food. Maka and Tsubaki were dead tired, Crona was use to this hard labor so she just gave a small smile at them and went back to work. Maka and Tsubaki sighed as they went back to work also. "How can she just keep working and working..." Tsubaki stopped to take a breath in the kitchen.

"I don't know," Maka mumbled back, taking a breath too. Crona walked in and smiled at them like this was an everyday thing. "Crona... What's your secret?" Maka and Tsubaki leaned in closer as if she was whispering something important. Crona looked confused, but before she could say anything B.J. walked in the kitchen.

"Get back to work! We have lots of hungry people out there!" B.J. slightly shouted at them. Maka and Tsubaki winced a bit. Crona, who was used to this kind of treatment, nodded her head and went back to work. Maka and Tsubaki looked at each other for a second then did the same thing as Crona did.

"I swear this is soo cruel!" Maka complained to Tsubaki and Crona, while they were on a break for another hour.

"Crona, how can you stand this harsh labor?" Tsubaki asked Crona, who looked confused.

"This is harsh?" Crona asked, still confused. To her, harsh was living with Medusa for years, which she hoped her friend would never have to do. Maka and Tsubaki looked at each other, not sure what to say.

"Uh, never mind then... So how did you get to working at the palace, Tsubaki, Crona?" Maka asked her two friends, who looked surprised at the question. Tsubaki answered first.

"After my brother had died, I walked around this town when I was eight. I saw a spiky, blue haired boy on the ground. So I went to see if he was okay, not knowing who he was of course. He got up, looked at me and smiled, giving me a thumbs up. He kept saying 'The great Black*star doesn't get hurt!' even though he was bleeding. I kept asking him to let me heal him. He kept saying 'no, watch me do more tricks!', and no matter how much I begged, he didn't listen. He wanted to impress me." Tsubaki slightly giggled at that, but continued.

"When he finally broke his leg and couldn't walk, I picked him up and put him on my back, telling him to show me where he lived. At first he kept yelling at me to put him down, while telling me the way to his home, until finally he had fallen asleep. I had sighed, noticing that he had led me to the big caste that belonged to a King and three Princes that were the same age as me. I was going to head back to the alley I lived at, when a guard came out of nowhere and tried to grab the spiky, blue haired boy who was on my back. I tried to stop the guard, not knowing that he was just trying to get the Prince back home. The guard called another guard. While the first guard beat me saying 'you kidnapped our young Prince! You will die!'. I was scared, but not for me, for the spiky blue haired boy. I didn't get that he was the Prince. I thought they had mistaken him with the Prince. What Prince would be out in the town, getting himself hurt. When I was almost purple, I saw the spiky blue haired boy limping towards me, trying to run I had guessed. I thought that the guard would hurt him also, so I got loose from the guard and ran towards the kid, screaming at him to run away. He had stopped in his tracks as I stopped in front of him. I turned around and saw the guard was going to hit the kid, though now I know he was going to hit me, and I blocked the guard from the boy, ready to take the hit. I had closed my eyes also. The hit never came though, so I turned around wondering what had happened. I first saw the guard, his eyes were wide opened, shocked and a bit scared. I followed his gaze to the blue, spiky haired kid. I had gasped as a saw some blood coming from his back, he was facing me. He smiled and had asked me, 'are you ok?' as if we had been friends for a long time. I had started to cry, though I kept trying to stop myself. I knelt and hugged the kids stomach, crying. I heard the kid turn his head a bit and ask the guard, 'how long have you been abusing your power?'."

"That's when I finally realized he was the Prince, I let go of him, making him looked at me a bit worried and question in his eyes, and I bowed. 'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that! The guard just thought I had tried to kidnap you... I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have touched you at all, only to take you home and leave.' I thought I was going to get into trouble, even when I thought he had saved me. My eyes were wide opened, scared, then I felt something on my head, it was patting my head. I looked up, shocked and confused as I saw it was the Prince's hand on my dirty head. I thought I was going to have a heart attack, until I saw him smiling at me, as if we were in the same class. 'Hey, what do you think about living with me...? Sorry, but what's your name? I never got it' the kid had asked, grinning. I had given a shy smile and answer his question. 'Tsubaki, nice to meet you Prince! I'm not even worthy for your kindness.' The prince laughed, 'haha, of course you aren't!' I had felt my heart drop, he was so kind, what had happened to the kindness? Then he continued, 'But you will be once you take a bath. I'm Black*star by the way.' I started to cry again, smiling. Black*star had helped me up, leading me to his house. That's how we met." Tsubaki smiled. Maka had her hand on her chin and nodded, Crona smiled.

"My mother wanted money, so I had no choice, but to go to there and be a maid." Crona sighed a bit, then smiled. "I'm happy I did though! I got to meet Maka, Tsubaki, Soul, Black*star, and Kid! Plus I didn't have to stay with Medusa." Crona smiled. Maka nodded with Tsubaki. "What about you Maka?" Crona asked, curious.

"Me? It was probably a week after you and Black*star had met. I was at the beach with my dad, who wasn't working for Shinigami-sama yet. We were having a great time, not know who or what the King and his sons looked like. My dad had went to go get us some ice cream, while I went and played in the water, having a blast. I felt like somebody was behind me after my dad had left my eye-sight. I turned around, not scared but curious, and saw a kid the same age as me, wearing swimming trunks, he had white hair with red eyes, he had seemed the same age as me. I slightly smiled and waved a bit. 'Hi!' I had said to him. He had grinned a bit, showing his sharp teeth, which had scared me. He had said, 'yo, shorty.' I had gotten a tick mark and was about to slap his grin off his smirking face."

Then two other boys had come running towards us. I had thought they were this boys friends, and seeing their friend in trouble, where coming to help. My face was almost glaring at that boy, who's smirk had gotten bigger. 'What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?' the boy laughed. That's when I lost it, I punched that brat right in the nose. He had looked surprised, which made me feel better. Though I stopped feeling better once I saw his nose was bleeding, though my face still didn't stop smirking. Then the two boys stopped, just a few feet away from us. The spiky blue haired one laughed while the other one shook his head in disgusted. The blue haired kid stopped his laughing long enough to talk, 'heh, Soul, you must've really made a good impression!' then he started to laugh again. The black-haired kid with three white strips mumbled, 'now he's not symmetric...' I glared at them, about to ask questions then punch them, but I heard footsteps coming from behind me. I turned around and smiled at my father. He was panting, a few feet away from me. He looked up and stared at the three boys behind me, mostly the one bleeding."

'What happened Maka? Did they try hurting you? Is that why you punched that one boy?' my father asked, his face was so serious, it was almost creepy. I shook my head no, looking at him sheepishly, 'no... The one that's bleeding called me 'shorty'!' I glared at the boy again, only to see him smirking at me, which didn't help me. I got another tick mark, and my hands turned into furious fists. Though before I could make him black out, another guy came and stepped in front of my prey." Maka sighed, but continued.

"He seemed nice, but creepy. I don't really remember what he looked like. He started to talk to my dad, which annoyed me, if he wanted to talk to my dad then he didn't have to get in my way! They had talked for a while now, while those two kids, that brat, and myself were waiting for them to finish. Then that brat came towards me and stopped from a few inch's in my face. I glared, but didn't react or move. I wanted to watch that strange man and my father, but that brat didn't allow me. He looked at me seriously, it was almost creepy, until he talked. 'Come and live with me at the Palace' he ordered, though having my father as a dad, it didn't sound that right. Wide eyed, I hit him with a rock on his head. 'P-perv!' I shouted at him, he looked at me confused and almost hurt. 'What are you talking about? All I want you to do is to come and be my maid!' he shouted at me, rubbing his bruised head. I blinked, confused. Why did he want that? 'Why didn't you say so?' I asked him. He looked back up at me, sighing. 'I did say it... And you'll come?' he asked, hopeful. I had laughed.

'No! I don't want to waste my life serving you!' I spat at him, annoyed that he would even think that. He was about to say something else when my father and the strange man came back. 'Maka! Great news! We are going to go live at Shinigami-sama's Palace!' my father shouted and almost jumped in the air. I had fallen over as soon as he was done talking. I looked at that kids smirking face, growling. 'Well... I guess you have to waste your life working for me' he had said, chuckling a bit. That's how I met that jerk..." Maka said, slightly growling. Crona and Tsubaki sweetdropped, as they chuckled a bit.

"Wow, your guys stories are long!" Crona said, amazed. Maka and Tsubaki laughed, smiling.

"I guess... But I like Tsubaki's story the best! She had a guy come and save her! It's like her own Prince Charming!" Maka said in a daydreaming voice. Crona giggled as Tsubaki sweetdropped.

"Not really... Look what's happening... He's getting married... While I'm not going to get married because no guy has asked me yet!" Tsubaki sighed.

"Tsubaki... Lots of guys have asked you to marry them..." Maka mumbled to herself, though Crona and Tsubaki could hear it. Tsubaki shook her head, confusing both Maka and Crona.

"I know, but not the right one," Tsubaki sighed. "I'm still waiting for that 'special' person." Maka and Crona sighed and nodded in agreement with her.

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I know it's short, but I have other stories I have to work on also, but this one takes some priority over the others, so I'll try my best to hurry up and update this chappy! Thanks for reading it :)